LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbthird conjugation, deponent

collābor

collābor (present infinitive collābī, perfect active collāpsus sum)
Classical[kɔlˈlaː.bɔr]Ecclesiastical[kolˈlaː.bor]

Meaning

  1. deponentto collapse, fall in

Conjugation conjugation 3 deponent

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.collāborcollābēbarcollābar———
2nd sg.collāberis
collābere
collābēbāris
collābēbāre
collābēris
collābēre
———
3rd sg.collābiturcollābēbāturcollābētur———
1st pl.collābimurcollābēbāmurcollābēmur———
2nd pl.collābiminīcollābēbāminīcollābēminī———
3rd pl.collābunturcollābēbanturcollābentur———
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.collābarcollāberer——
2nd sg.collābāris
collābāre
collāberēris
collāberēre
——
3rd sg.collābāturcollāberētur——
1st pl.collābāmurcollāberēmur——
2nd pl.collābāminīcollāberēminī——
3rd pl.collābanturcollāberentur——
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.collābere—
pres. 2nd pl.collābiminī—
fut. 2nd sg.collābitor—
fut. 3rd sg.collābitor—
fut. 3rd pl.collābuntor—
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitivecollābī—
perfect infinitivecollāpsum esse—
future infinitivecollāpsūrum esse—
present participlecollābēns—
perfect participlecollāpsus
collāpsa, collāpsā, collāpsae, collāpsam, collāpsārum, collāpsās, collāpse, collāpsī, collāpsīs, collāpsō, collāpsōrum, collāpsōs
—
future participlecollāpsūrus
collāpsūra, collāpsūrā, collāpsūrae, collāpsūram, collāpsūrārum, collāpsūrās, collāpsūre, collāpsūrī, collāpsūrīs, collāpsūrō, collāpsūrōrum, collāpsūrōs, collāpsūrum
collābendus
collābundus, collābunda, collābundā, collābundae, collābundam, collābundārum, collābundās, collābunde, collābundī, collābundīs, collābundō, collābundōrum, collābundōs, collābundum
gerundcollābendī, collābendō, collābendumsupinecollāpsum, collāpsū

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

domus subita ruina collapsa est
the house suddenly fell in ruins.
domus collapsura, corruitura (esse) videtur
the house threatens to fall in (vid. sect. X. 5, note "Threaten"...).

col-lābor (conl-), lapsus (or labsus), 3, v. dep.,
I. to fall together, to fall in ruins; esp. of buildings, to fall in, fall from age (in the ante-Aug. period very rare; not in Cic., Hor., or Quint.).
I. Prop., Liv. 35, 9, 3: moenia subito collapsa ruinā sunt, id. 29, 18, 17; Suet. Aug. 30; id. Claud. 25; id. Calig. 21: fastigium domūs collabitur, id. Caes. 81: qui collapsā jacuere ruinā, Sil. 7, 727: succisis asseribus collapsus pons, Liv. 44, 5, 6. postquam conlapsi cineres, Verg. A. 6, 226: eodem anno duodecim celebres Asiae urbes collapsae nocturno motu terrae, Tac. A. 2, 47: AEDES VETVSTATE COLLAPSA, Inscr. Orell. 26.—Of persons, to fall or sink down in a swoon or in death: suscipiunt famulae collapsaque membra Marmoreo referunt thalamo, Verg. A. 4, 391; 8, 584; Ov. M. 7, 826; 5, 96; 6, 295; Tac. A. 2, 31; Suet. Ner. 42; Curt. 4, 10, 19; 7, 6, 22; 8, 2, 39; Petr. 94; Val. Fl. 7, 152; Stat. Achill. 1, 195; cf.: ferro collapsa, Verg. A. 4, 664.—
B. Transf.: ossa morbo collapsa, Verg. G. 3, 485: collapsa tempora, oculi concavi, temples fallen in or sunken, Cels. 2, 6: iter urinae senectute collapsum, id. 7, 26.—
II. Trop. (very rare): in corruptelam suam, Plaut. Truc. 3, 2, 3: ira in se ipsa collapsa, Val. Max. 6, 2, 10: in fata, Cod. Just. 5, 14, 9.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  3. Proto-Italic*kom
  4. Proto-Italic*kom-
  5. Latincollābor

Latin lābor Latin collābor From con- (“together”) + lābor (“glide, slip, fall”).

Descendants
  • Englishcollapse
  • Frenchcollapser
  • Germankollabieren
  • Italiancollassare
  • Portuguesecolapsar
  • Portuguesecolabar
  • Spanishcolapsar

Quick answers

What does collābor mean in Latin?
collābor, a verb, means “to collapse, fall in”.
What are the principal parts of collābor?
collābor, collābī, collāpsus sum (third conjugation, deponent).
How do you pronounce collābor?
In classical Latin, [kɔlˈlaː.bɔr]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [kolˈlaː.bor].
Where does collābor come from?
Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? → Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm → Proto-Italic *kom → Proto-Italic *kom- → Latin collābor.